Freshman Brewer...

The following comes from a young novice brewer working his way through his first batch of homebrew.  As a colleague pointed out, this is "proof once more that beer provides important life experiences that teach us critical thinking and problem-solving skills…"  Please continue supporting your local home brewer!!


"So last night before I went to bed I was a little worried... The krausen (foam) from my happy farting yeast was starting to creep up towards the top of the carboy. I laid in bed for over an hour terrified of what I might wake up to in the morning, then finally fell asleep. Due to the extreme anxiety of a messy situation or even worse, ruined beer, I woke up WIDE awake at 4:30 am to find this situation! AHHHHHH! The horror. The anguish. The farting yeast. Fortunatley, Northern Brewer had thoroughly prepared me with their handy dandy Home Brewing 101 DVD that came with my starter kit (Thank you Ashley!). The beer gods had woken me, literally, in plenty of time to avoid a bad situation. The airlock had not clogged, and the yeast was still active. Praise be to god (that is, the beer god of course). I quickly assembled the krausen-ator (not a real term, but that's what everyone should call it) and the beer and yeast just kept on doing their business."